Chapter 27: Testing the Spiritual Root

“Senior Brother, don’t look at me like that.”

Xian Ci suddenly smiled.

That smile made She Zijiang, who originally had an elegant smile on his lips, immediately sit up straight.

“Junior Brother, your master-disciple fate has arrived as well.”

Xia Xingchen was instantly somewhat incredulous.

“Hey hey hey! Wait, Senior Brother Xian Ci, what do you mean Senior Brother She’s master-disciple fate has arrived too?”

Seeming to think of something, Xia Xingchen couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

“I say, Senior Brother Xian Ci, you can’t favor Senior Brother She Zijiang just because he’s your direct junior brother! That disciple, we agreed beforehand, is for my senior brother! You can’t just… just want to… because that disciple has good talent…”

“Smack!”

“Senior Brother Xian! Why did you hit me?!”

The Golden Core Elders below all lowered their heads, focusing their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts.

“Set your mind at ease! Even Shi Tongzhou isn’t anxious, what are you worrying about for nothing!”

Receiving Xian Ci’s glare, Xia Xingchen instead breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they weren’t snatching his senior brother’s disciple, it was fine.

Hearing this, She Zijiang couldn’t help but frown slightly in thought.

“Senior Brother, didn’t you divine for me last time, saying my fifth disciple wouldn’t appear until a hundred years later? Why has it happened early? Could this be part of the change? Senior Brother, are you sure you didn’t miscalculate?”

Lu Yu, who had been silent for a long time, put down his teacup and slightly raised his eyes.

“Not necessarily impossible.”

“Senior Brother Lu, what do you mean by that?”

Lu Yu looked towards the Water Mirror.

“Didn’t Senior Brother Xian also divine that Senior Brother Shi has the fate of a lone star, destined to be alone his whole life? Yet now hasn’t a disciple come?”

Hearing this, Xian Ci slightly straightened his robe, his expression unchanged.

“This fate of Senior Brother Shi as a lone star was first spoken of by Ancestor Jiang. If Junior Brother Lu has doubts, you may go light the Boundary Incense and ask the Ancestor yourself.”

The other several people sitting stiffly upright nearby couldn’t help but twitch the corners of their mouths.

These two were starting again.

Shen Qingyi and the other testing disciples, who were in the plaza, finally, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, welcomed the disciples in charge of the test.

The group, not caring about their disheveled state, all followed the responsible disciple towards a high platform.

The platform was very large, with several testing pillars erected on it.

“I believe the vast majority of those present know what these stone pillars in the center are. That’s right, these are the Spiritual Root Testing Pillars that will test your aptitudes today.”

“And the two pillars behind the stone pillars, the blue one tests Spiritual Root Purity, the purple one tests Soul and Divine Sense strength.”

“Although the Lingdao Sect does not use Spiritual Root quality as the sole criterion for recruiting disciples, these three aspects still account for a significant portion of the score. If one excels in any of them, they naturally have an advantage over others.”

Everyone understood the cultivator’s words and couldn’t help but feel anticipation.

This was also the reason they dared to come to a major Sect to try their luck.

Most of those present had only had their Spiritual Root attributes tested before.

Those Testing Pillars for Spiritual Root Purity and Soul/Divine Sense strength were too rare.

Not many powers possessed them.

If they could excel in those two areas, even if their Spiritual Root attributes were somewhat poor, it wasn’t impossible to enter the Lingdao Sect.

“Alright! I’ll not waste words! Everyone line up in an orderly fashion. The test will officially begin in one quarter of an hour!”

Everyone immediately started moving.

The high platform was very large, easily capable of accommodating the nearly several thousand people present.

The quarter of an hour passed quietly amid everyone’s nervous anticipation.

“Dong!”